The person who was transferred to the hospital died with measles from the measles in West Texas, the first death in the outbreak began late last month.
Melissa Whitheld, a spokeswoman for the Texas University of Texas, confirmed the death on Wednesday. It was not clear the age of the patient who died overnight.
Al -Ahed Children’s Hospital in Lubok did not immediately respond to the comment.
The Ministry of Governmental Health said on Tuesday that the outbreak of measles in the West Texas countryside grew to 124 cases in nine provinces. There are also nine cases in East New Mexico.
Measles are the respiratory virus that can remain in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people will get the virus if they are exposed, according to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most children will recover from measles if they get it, but the infection can lead to serious complications such as pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death.
The outbreak of the disease is widely spread in the Minunite community in an area where small cities are separated by vast extensions from the open lands transported with oil, but they are connected to people traveling between towns to work and shop for the church and shopping in groceries and other daily missions.
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